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THOROUGHBRED ITEMS FROM THE COAST. Cciy Yearling at El Palomar Stock Farm front Which Much Is Expected. .sin Francisco, c.i., April 2T. vThile Charles ", . I larks colors an- beiag represented on t1 ■■ Eastern tracks with a string of fourteen bead in charge of John Lowe, breeding operations are going on at his Kl lahmiar Stock Farm down in Sin Mateo. There are some forty thoroughbred* "i the pUee aad .. half dozen foals have already put in an appearance. I ■ pride of aaperiateadeal T. S. Kaaekies, i-a i. lev, a yearling -..!t that is running out iu a paddock. lb- is by Bweep Cluay. Mr. Clark went to a great ileal of expense and trouble in getting the youngster, flaaj waa shipped • Kin tinky t.. en hi tie- court of the famous Sweep and was then shipped back the 3.008 miles. li cost 09 for each of the shipments, which, together with the 09 service fee, makes the colt stand .si.:i » already. If be fail- to nuke good tin- elite San Mateo following will be greatly disappointed. It is the first foal of Cluay, whose sensational racing career was cut short several years ago al Salt Lake, wle-n he jnmped a fence and fractured a hip. The Salvation man is now in the coart of the English stalUon, Hoaeywaod. There are two brotbera to the speed] Anal 7. v. thai brake the track r ri at New Orleans as a tara-year old, on the farm. Oae is a yearling .nl the other a weanling, both being by Chaatiily -Aatiocfa. Clark only recently «iis1M.s, ,| of Anal Lis at Hot Spring;. hani illy is now fourteen years old. but Ink- as spry as a twa-yetnr.-aM. Dawn on tn- peninsula among society and palo folks, an argument has arisen over Whether a rider with three mounts can beat a rider with only oae :.:•••;.: in a mil- and a half race. Will Tevis, a sKiiliul rider, who is prominent socially. has taken the first aide of the argument and Uicbard McCreery is stacking hi- faith in the oae bane. It is s.ihi thai a ,088 wager has been placed and tic- controversy wii be settled within, the next two weeks. Disadvantage in Making Remounts. Ordinarily it waald seem that the man with one horse for a mile and a half would have :i big advantage. !a making the remounts his opponent is bound to Jos,, roaad and be forced to pal] up. VI ill Tevis. however, is like a circus performer in haping from the back of aaaj flying ste,.|| onto the other and he will carry aoasa oayamrt in his contention that he can win with the three fresh bones. McCreery has a black thoroughbred by Ostler doe tiiat he will ride. .lames Y. CoiTr.it h, aatsliiajl of the Lower California Jockey club, is going to nprwd several months in San Francisco before proceding east io ii ii«" tin horses and jockeys far th next meeting at Tijuana. II.- is enthusiastic over thaj success of the last meeting. Baaasai has it that the as-■ocfajthm cleared 1325,000. Will Hall, the well-known handieapper and f.d lower of the races, has left to take iu the apart around Maryland this summer. Ed Soule is credited with winning S25.000 on the Tijuana races. He is resting up his home in Oakland before proceeding to New York. tieorge Archibalds mother, who lives in Oakland is not woirying over the safety of the American Jockey, who la at present in Bertta, Cumani, with his wife and daughter. Mrs. An hibaid sayi that in the last letter she received. George state.t he was Im ing treated well and was suffering no serious discotnfarts. Harry Piper, a little jockey who used to ride for the KeaDworth Stable on western tracks, was discovered the other day as a conductor on a San Francisco street car. Cavalry officers are securing thoroughbred mounts from the stock farms in California. The army officials, almost to a man, have expressed preference for the thoroughbred mounts. i | |
